Goods within the aluminium sector
Published 16 July 2026
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A commodity code is a standardised sequence of numbers used to classify goods for international trade. Customs authorities use these numbers 鈥� often called HS (Harmonized System) codes or tariff codes, to process shipments, calculate taxes, and enforce safety regulations.
Understanding your commodity code
Commodity codes begin with an HS chapter code (top level)听鈥斕齯sing a 2-digit number, for example 76 (unwrought aluminium).听
The code is then followed by a further 2-digit code, for example 01听(known as an HS heading) 鈥斕齠orming a 4-digit number, for example 7601.听
Then a sub-heading听is applied using up to a further 6 digits (known as an HS sub-heading), for example 1090 00 鈥� forming a final 10-digit code (also known as a Combined Nomenclature (CN) code), for example 7601 1090 00.
Look up your commodity code
Use the听听to look up听and find out more about your commodity听codes.
Once you have your commodity code, check if it is listed in the section 鈥楪oods within the aluminium sector听that are听liable for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) tax鈥� to find out if your goods are liable for CBAM tax.
Goods听in scope of the tax听in this list include:听
- the heading听
- sub-headings听that听are under the heading
For example,听7601 1090 00 is not listed but is in scope for听CBAM, as it falls under 7601.听
Goods听within the aluminium sector that are liable for CBAM tax
| Commodity code听 | 顿别蝉肠谤颈辫迟颈辞苍听 | Greenhouse gases听 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 听7601听 | 听Unwrought aluminium听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7603听 | 听Aluminium powders and flakes听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7604听 | 听Aluminium bars,听rods听and profiles听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7605听 | 听Aluminium wire听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7606听 | 听Aluminium plates,听sheets听and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2听millimetres (mm)听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7607听 | 听Aluminium foil (whether or not听printed or backed with paper,听paper-board, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.,2mm听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7608听 | 听Aluminium tubes and pipes听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7609鈥� | 听Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7610听 | 听Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7611听 | 听Aluminium reservoirs, tanks,听vats听and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 litres听(l),听whether or not听lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7612听 | 听Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300l,听whether or not听lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7613听 | 听Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas听 | Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7614听 | 听Stranded wire, cables, plaited听bands听and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
| 听7616听 | 听Other articles of aluminium听 | 听Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons听 | 听 |
Goods that are not liable for CBAM tax
Where products in CBAM sectors are not in scope of the tax,听they鈥檙e听listed starting with the word 鈥楨xcept鈥�.